Introduction to and exploration of modern East Asian literature through close
reading and discussion of selected masterpieces from the 1890s through the
1990s by Chinese, Japanese, and Korean writers such as Mori Ogai, Wu Jianren,
Natsume Soseki, Lu Xun, Tanizaki Jun'ichiro, Shen Congwen, Ding Ling, Eileen
Chang, Yi Sang, Oe Kenzaburo, O Chong-hui, and others. Emphasis will be on
cultural and intellectual issues and on how literary forms manifested,
constructed, or responded to rapidly shifting experiences of modernity in
East Asia. Prerequisites: AHUM V3400 is recommended as background. BC: Fulfillment of
General Education Requirement: Cultures in Comparison (CUL).. BC: Fulfillment
of General Education Requirement: Literature (LIT)..4 points

Course
Number

Call Number/
Section

Days & Times/
Location

Instructor

Enrollment

Spring 2015 :: AHUM V3830

AHUM
3830

60098
001

Th 2:10p - 4:00p
522C KENT HALL

T. Suzuki

20 / 25

AHUM V 3830y Colloquium On Modern East Asian Texts

AHUM V3400 is recommended as background. Introduction
to and exploration of modern East Asian literature through close reading and
discussion of selected masterpieces from the 1890s through the 1990s by
Chinese, Japanese, and Korean writers such as Mori Ogai, Wu Jianren, Natsume
Soseki, Lu Xun, Tanizaki Jun'ichiro, Shen Congwen, Ding Ling, Eileen Chang,
Yi Sang, Oe Kenzaburo, O Chong-hui, and others. Emphasis will be on cultural
and intellectual issues and on how literary forms manifested, constructed, or
responded to rapidly shifting experiences of modernity in East Asia.Not offered in 2015-2016.4 points